Posted by VanessaFlower on November 27, 2007, at 18:56:51
Ok I know the subject sounds absurd, but I wouldn't be posting this unless I thought it was worth posting at the risk of someone telling me "it's all in your head" :)
Hi all,
Ever since starting college, I've started becoming this anxious, stressed, and extremely depressed person. Every day has been a challenge, from getting out of bed to trying to fall asleep at night. I have trouble concentrating on my homework and I get stressed thinking about all the interactions I will have to make with people as well. Generally, I find myself being an emotional wreck. The only time when I'm okay is when I don't have that much work to do, and I'm at home relaxing.However, I've noticed this interesting effect -- whenver I eat ice cream, I feel like myself again! I feel happy, more confident, and I can generally concentrate better. I look forward to seeing people, I'm funnier, and I just feel like I'm being myself again.
Now here's the even more confusing part: Ever since I was a baby, I've been allergic to milk. As I matured, I began to tolerate it a bit better. So gradually, I introduced more dairy products into my diet (an ice cream every other week, cheese pizzas, etc.). But this all abrduptly stopped sophomore year in high school when I had an asthma attack and I attributed it to all the dairy.
Six years have gone by in which I pretty much avoid diary products. I don't know if my growing depression is related to this (one would think that since it is improving my asthma, I would be less depressed). For all I know -- I could be gluten intolerant, thus the growing depression. But why on earth do I feel so much better whenever I have ice cream?
Does my body majorly need something in the ice cream? Could it be the tryptophan? In that case, why do I need tryptophan so much from ice cream -- why am I not getting enough from other sources in my diet (i.e. chicken, turkey, etc.) Could it be something else?
poster:VanessaFlower
thread:797352
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